We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land

Summary

We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work[1] is a New York Times Best Seller book by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. It was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2009. It came as a sequel to his 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid believing that U.S president Barack Obama said he will make a personal effort for Middle East Peace from the beginning of his administration.

We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work
AuthorJimmy Carter
Cover artistMichael Accordino
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitical Science
GenreNonfiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
February 9, 2010
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback) AudioBook (Audio CD)
Pages256
ISBN978-1-4391-4069-7
OCLC264039129
LC ClassDS119.76.C354
Preceded byPalestine: Peace Not Apartheid 

While President, Carter hosted talks between Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt that led to the Israel–Egypt Peace Treaty. In this book Carter argues that Israel's continued control of Palestinian land has been the primary obstacle to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Middle East.

Table of contents edit

  • Introduction: Storm Over a Book
  1. From Abraham's Journeys to the Six-Day War
  2. My Early Involvement with Israel
  3. Peace at Camp David
  4. Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton, 1981–2000
  5. The Early Bush II Years, 2001–2005
  6. Withdrawal from Gaza and Its Aftermath
  7. Spasmodic Peace Efforts, Long Overdue
  8. How Close Is Israel to Its Major Goals?
  9. A Search for Information
  10. Can Hamas Play a Positive Role?
  11. Assessment of the Region
  12. Challenges to Israelis and Palestinians
  13. An Agenda for Peace

References edit

  1. ^ "Books written by President and Mrs. Carter". www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Archived from the original on 2004-10-12.